Although the classic drugstore soda fountain reached its peak from the 1920s through the 1950s, some diners ... original wooden and marble interior and an 80-year-old store refrigerator.

Over the course of 2025, I’ll visit 25 or so diners, eating their signature dishes ... a restaurant on Old Liverpool Road. He then launched Serpico’s, a no-frills Salina Street diner where ...